Roosevelt urged to narrow court plan amid talks of compromise
Roosevelt’s top aides urged him to withdraw or limit the court reorganization bill as the court broadens its constitutional reach and Justice Van Devanter nears retirement. Negotiations hinted at a two justice compromise though he gave no public sign of retreat.
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Steel Workers Vote On Bargaining Agent at Jones & Laughlin Mills
In Pittsburgh and Aliquippa, 27 000 Jones & Laughlin workers cast ballots in a government supervised election to decide if the Steel Workers Organizing Committee will be their exclusive bargaining agent. Ernest C. Dunbar reported no trouble in first hours as mills resume after a 36 hour strike. Results set for tomorrow.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
WRU Slegr
Dliquippa
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Ernest C. Dunbar
Ssional Labor Board
Jones & Laughlin
Critics will feel wrath of Windsor
Paris May 20. Close Windsor allies say the abdicated king Edward VIII intends to fight back against England's critics and bolster the royal family's political position. They claim factions opposed to his brother King George VI pressured him to abdicate over Wallis Warfield. Windsor's friends say the warlike move began from Château de Cande where he lives in exile. His spokesman cited wedding attendance as blocked by royal advice.
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England
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Textile Bill Opposed By Textile Institute President
Dr. Claudius T. Murchison, head of the Cotton Textile Institute, urged federal regulation of the entire industry over a textile specific “little NRA.” He told a house labor subcommittee that emergency conditions no longer exist and any new industrial control should be long term, shaping policy for years.
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Roosevelt
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Effort Made To Save Large Tree
Raleigh report details a 150 foot tall pine tree six feet in diameter at the base near an employment area. J B Holmes wrote to EB Ritter asking preservation until a public act can preserve the tree as a monument illustrating North Carolina forests.
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Holmes
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North Carolina
Guilford Man Loses Appeal in Guilford County Case
Raleigh May 20 Ex ecutive clemency apparently was the only hope today of Hunter Winchester sentenced in Guilford county last March to death by lethal gas for the murder of Mabel Winchester. The state supreme court docketed and dismissed Winchester's appeal. Unless Governor Hoey interferes he will die June 4. A verdict of guilty against Bradley Woodell and Mary B Callahan tried in Robeson county last February on adultery charges was reversed.
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Hunter Winchester
Guilford County
Mabel Winchester
State Supreme Court
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Hoey
Bradley
Lindbergh Marks Tenth Anniversary Quietly at Home
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh observed the tenth anniversary of his solo New York to Paris flight with minimal fuss. He stayed at his England home avoiding calls, disconnected the telephone, and planned a quiet day with his wife and baby son, saying he did not want any celebration.
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New York
Paris
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England
Parkway Fund Is Restored in Interior Bill
Representative Robert L. Doughton won a hurdle in Congress to raise the 1938 Blue Ridge parkway appropriation to 4.5 million dollars for Virginia and North Carolina. The House restored the 5 million dollar parkway item in the interior department bill by a 141 to 59 vote, after the appropriations committee had cut it to 3 million with 500 thousand earmarked for the Natchez Trace.
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Robert L. Doughton
Laurel Springs
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia
North Carolina
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Tts Appropriations Committee
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Budget Bureau
Natchez Trace
Mississippi
Coughton
Gladys Macknight On Trial For Hatchet Slaying
Gladys Macknight 17, testifies in Jersey City trial for the murder of her mother Helen Macknight 47. She quotes Bayonne police chief recounting her reply none of your damn business when asked who killed her mother. Donald Wightman 18, her former sweetheart, is charged as co defendant.
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N. J
Gladys Macknight
Bayonne
Nald Wightman
Helen Macknight
Gladys
Cornelius J. O'Neill
O'Neill
Donald
Publisher Dies At Danville Home
Danville Virginia May 20 A s Rorer Anderson James Jr publisher of the Danville Register and Danville Bee for 16 years died suddenly at his home this morning He was 40 years old Dr BE Howe Miller the family physician found him dead after responding to an emergency call James appeared to have risen from bed to summon the doctor Death was attributed to an attack of acute indigestion
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Rorer Anderson James, Jr
Danville Register
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Jewelry Firm Grimes-Hollingsworth Declared Involuntary Bankruptcy
In Greensboro on May 20 the Grimes-Hollingsworth Jewelry Co. of Asheboro and Hamlet was adjudged involuntary bankrupt on creditors Bulova Watch Co. and others. Arnold Schiffman of Greensboro named receiver. Earlier High Point action sought receivership and stock sales. today ruling overruled that, canceling the sale.
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Grimes-Hollingsworth Jewelry Company
Asheboro
Hamlet
Bulova Watch Company
Arnold Schiffman
High Point
Additional Grant Of 54328 For Tracks Gets Formal Approval
The Public Works Administration approved an extra grant of 54328 for the railroad track low mood project after City Manager E M Knox announced in a special city council session. The city will supply 655 percent and federal funds will total 255600, making the city share 312000 with 65 percent. The assessment covers concessions and railroad company contributions, including a principal $120000 payment.
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E. M. Knox
Accident Prevention Plea Is Made By Huey At Safety Meet
At a safety conference in Winston-Salem Governor Hoey urged care to reduce accidents across North Carolina. He warned that urban growth and complex living increase hazards and called for heightened precautions in traffic, home, and daily life.
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Winston-Salem
Hoey
Raleigh
Matthews Quits as Tide Water Power Head
F A Matthews resigns as president and general manager of the Tide Water Power company at a Wilmington board meeting. Miles Carey of Orlando Florida is elected to succeed him as VP and GM of the Florida Public Service company.
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F. A. Matthews
Tide Water Power Company
Miles Carey
Orlando
Fla
Florida Public Service Company
Davis Wins Farmville Mayor Runoff Election
George W. Davis won the Farmville mayoralty after a runoff against R. B. Belcher. Tuesday’s vote was 889 for Davis and 349 for Belcher, sealing Davis's election.
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George W. Davis
R. B. Belcher
Russian Plotters Executed in Far East Mass Shooting
A Moscow communique reports 44 men convicted of espionage and sabotage were executed at Svobodny in the Far East after a May 9 trial. The mass execution, the largest in years, was announced by Pacific Star from Khabarovsk near the Manchoukuo border.
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Independence Day Observed With Stadium Dedication in Charlotte
Mecklenburg County and Charlotte marked May 20 as the local Independence Day with a dedication ceremony for the new municipal stadium. Senator R. R. Reynolds delivered the dedicatory address reflecting on the county’s historic break from Great Britain in 1775.
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Great Britain
R. R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Paracale Town Devastated By Out of Control Fire
A fire swept through Paracale, a gold mining town in the Philippines, destroying about 200 houses in a town of 10,000 and causing unknown casualties. Looting was reported as residents fled the wind driven flames. Estimates ranged from two deaths to many, with losses near $500,000.
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P. Fe
Paracale
Manila Buletin
la Vanguardia
Pogrom Fears Drive Polish Jews from Kamien Kostyrski
Jews from Kamien Kostyrski flee in panic amid rising anti-Semitic outbursts across Poland. Reports say residents are deserting the town and letters warn of imminent demonstrations sweeping through Breese and other cities, with Breseac damage estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Kamien Kostyrski
Poand
Breese
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Key Man Opposes General Monetary Conference
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau opposes a general monetary conference with many nations. He favors bilateral talks for stabilization and notes that past tri power deals arose from U S and individual country talks. White House focus shifts to domestic affairs as Congress weighs flood controls.
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League urged to probe Spanish civil war action
The Valencia government asked the League of Nations council to open a new inquiry under Article 11 after foreign intervention in the Spanish civil war grew. The note argued that the emergency warranted a swift council meeting to safeguard peace.
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Valencia
League of Nations Council
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Insurgent Attacks Spark Refugee Search Near Bilbao Front
On the Franco-Spanish frontier Basque refugees flee as insurgent air raids hit Bilbao area. Basques aided by Santander troops battle to recapture Mount Gandramendi northeast of Bilbao, where insurgents claimed the summit after hard fighting yesterday.
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General Pershing Shows Improvement After Coronation Week
General John J. Pershing was reported much better and well enough to leave his bed. Physicians had ordered rest after a strenuous coronation week, and he was advised to conserve energy for a trip to France probably tomorrow.
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John J. Pershing
France
Graves to Speak at Salem College Commencement
Winston Salem May 20 John Temple Graves editor and author will deliver the commencement address at Salem College on June 7.
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Winston-Salem
John Temple Graves
Salem College
TVA seeks early Supreme Court ruling on authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority asks the Supreme Court for an early ruling on its right to conduct activities across Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia Kentucky North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. It appeals part of a Sixth Circuit decision sending a suit by 19 power companies back to the Eastern Tennessee Federal District Court for trial.
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King George VI Reviews Navy at Portsmouth Coronation Day
King George VI reviewed 140 British and 17 foreign warships from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert in Portsmouth on May 20. About one million spectators watched as Princess Elizabeth joined the King and Queen on the bridge with the Duke and Duchess of Kent observing the two hour pageant.
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Cotton Mill Sale Approved By Judge
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard approved the sale of the Union Cotton mill at LaFayette Georgia, a Consolidated Textile unit, to Exhibition Cotton Mills of Atlanta for 125000 dollars. The sale gained acceptance from the Storer bondholders committee, representing 71 percent of bonds, and from the company directors despite opposition from other bondholder groups.
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Henry W. Goddard
Union Cotton Mill
LaFayette
Consolidated Textile Corporation
Exposition Cotton Mills
Atlanta
Heart Attack Claims Hughes
George Isaac Hughes a 97 year old Confederate veteran died at his Newbern home at 10 40 this morning of a heart attack. He had been in ill health for months and suffered a prior heart attack last Sunday. He died after a morning attack with no consciousness regained. Surviving are his widow and two children Franklin Roosevelt Hughes and Mary Gertrude Hughes. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Hil Helth
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